Nick Avila vs. Larry Dierker — Career Comparison

Nick Avila
Gen ZCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaSan Francisco GiantsNational LeagueRelief Pitcher
Larry Dierker
Baby BoomersCaliforniaThrows RightBats RightNorth AmericaHouston AstrosAmerican LeagueStarting PitcherAll-Star

Larry Dierker built a career as a starting pitcher and Nick Avila as a reliever — different jobs with different demands — but on the metrics that apply to both, a comparison is still worth making. Larry Dierker posted stronger surface numbers — ERA 3.31 and WHIP 1.236 compared to 8.49 and 1.714 for Nick Avila. By the career numbers, Larry Dierker had the better of this cross-role comparison — though era context would sharpen the verdict.

Pitching Stats for Nick Avila and Larry Dierker

Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
6.17
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
1.37
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
1.27
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.77
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
139
0.54
Nick Avila
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
123
0.47
Nick Avila
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
53.05
53.05
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.42
92.42
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
106
0.41
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
25
0.1
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1
0
Nick Avila
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
11
8.49
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
857
3.31
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
8.49
8.49
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.31
3.31
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
6.61
6.61
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.17
3.17
Nick Avila
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.6
3.6
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
3.72
3.72
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.34
0.34
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.241
0.241
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
27
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7001
27
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.2
9
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2333.2
9
Nick Avila
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
17
13.11
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
2130
8.21
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
13.11
13.11
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
8.21
8.21
Nick Avila
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.54
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
184
0.71
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.54
1.54
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.71
0.71
Nick Avila
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.25
0.25
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.52
0.52
Nick Avila
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3
2.31
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
711
2.74
Nick Avila
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
43
0.17
Nick Avila
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
2.31
2.31
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.74
2.74
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
10.8
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
1493
5.76
Nick Avila
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
10.8
10.8
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
5.76
5.76
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.75
1.75
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
4.19
4.19
Nick Avila
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.457
1.457
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.944
0.944
Nick Avila
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
104
0.4
Nick Avila
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
50
0.19
Nick Avila
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
55
42.43
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
9661
37.26
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
4
3.09
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
10
0.04
Nick Avila
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
12
9.26
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
948
3.66
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
9.26
9.26
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
3.66
3.66
Nick Avila
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
36
0.14
Nick Avila
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2
1.54
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
36
0.14
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
70
0.27
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
1.714
1.714
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.217
1.217
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
50
38.57
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
8828
34.05
Nick Avila
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.5
1.5
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
2.66
2.66
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.441
0.441
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0.272
0.272
Nick Avila
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
42.43
42.43
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
37.26
37.26

Fielding Stats for Nick Avila and Larry Dierker

Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
1
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
14
14
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
8
6.17
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
356
1.37
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
329
1.27
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
35
27
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
7002
27
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
11.2
9
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
2334
9
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Inningsverified
1
0.77
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Innings
152
0.59
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
287
1.11
Nick Avila
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
23
0.09
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.77
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
462
1.78
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
1
0.77
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
439
1.69
Nick Avila
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
100
100
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
95.02
95.02
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
0.125
0.125
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
1.233
1.233
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
92.42
92.42
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 9 Inningsverified
16
0.06
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Nick Avila
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 9 Innings
0
0

Hitting Stats for Nick Avila and Larry Dierker

Nick Avila
Career
Per 600 PA
1
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
14
Nick Avila
Career
Per 600 PA
8
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
357
244.52
Nick Avila
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
876
600
Nick Avila
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
789
540.41
Nick Avila
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.136
0.136
Nick Avila
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.381
0.381
Nick Avila
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
107
73.29
Nick Avila
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
89
60.96
Nick Avila
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
14
9.59
Nick Avila
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Avila
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.74
Nick Avila
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
18
12.33
Nick Avila
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.168
0.168
Nick Avila
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.005
0.005
Nick Avila
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.037
0.037
Nick Avila
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
19.37
13.27
Nick Avila
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
133
91.1
Nick Avila
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
120
82.19
Nick Avila
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.149
0.149
Nick Avila
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.169
0.169
Nick Avila
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.318
0.318
Nick Avila
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.033
0.033
Nick Avila
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.109
0.109
Nick Avila
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.209
0.209
Nick Avila
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.199
0.199
Nick Avila
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
38
26.03
Nick Avila
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
46
31.51
Nick Avila
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
80
54.79
Nick Avila
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
-2.8
-1.92
Nick Avila
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
1
0.68
Nick Avila
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
12
8.22
Nick Avila
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Avila
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
272
186.3
Nick Avila
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
3.22
3.22
Nick Avila
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0.04
0.04
Nick Avila
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
70
47.95
Nick Avila
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
4
2.74
Nick Avila
Careerverified
Per 600 PAverified
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
16
10.96
Nick Avila
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Avila
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Avila
Career
Per 600 PA
0
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA
0
0
Nick Avila
Career
Per 600 PA
Larry Dierker
Career
Per 600 PA